355 pages : 20 cm

"It seems not unlikely that the book is essentially a translation of the French work 'Le arts et metiers chez les animaux." cf. Letter from publisher, J.B. Lippincott Company

Manufacture statement from tail of index

Includes index

The master craftsmen -- Excavators and mineers : mammals -- Excavators and mineers : other animals -- Makers of basket-work -- Architects of sperical dwellings -- Makers of mounds : ants -- Makers of mounds : birds -- Masons -- More masons -- Engineers of roads and tunnels -- Carpenters -- Trappers -- Harvesters, &c. -- Hut builders -- Silk-spinners : spinners of nets -- Silk-spinners : aeronauts and divers -- Raft builders -- Potters -- Paper-makers -- Weavers, sempsters, and workers in cotton -- Clothiers -- Rock and stone borers -- 'Cigar' manufacturers -- Workers in secretory and excretory products

Bound in dark teal cloth over boards. Upper cover has stamped title at head and blocked ornamentation and authors' names in red and pale blue at tail. Center of upper cover has wetland scene with cranes blocked in gilt, with gilt border. Spine has blocked ornamentation in red, pale blue, and gilt

Catalogued 20180821

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